No rain for me at all today but not very warm either, at least the garden has had chance to drain off from the downpour on Sunday, garden to wet to get anything done so will have to wait for a week or so as the forecast for the next few days is cold but dry.

Maud, on our weather program last night both East and West Sussex where covered in rain cloud that is the sunny South for you.Teesside awoke to cloud at seven this morning, now the sun is shining although there is some vicious looking dark cloud to the North. Some blue sky some white cloud overhead and the Cleveland Hills are in view today showing all the detail so "our Rain" if probably watching her garden dry out.It is not as warm as yesterday although quite breezy, that should keep the clouds moving out to sea.

Sorry to add to those in rain-sodden misery, but in W. Somerset it has been lovely. Blue skies & sunshine although coolish rather than warm. But nice enough to get out into the garden all day, plant (much overdue) plants raised from seed and to pull the ever-present weeds )

Oh - weeds: Verbena Bonariensis: I have hundreds of self-seeded plants! Potted up loads (the whole village will have these in their gardens at this rate) and, against my normal instincts, I have to get rid of loads more! Am I alone in finding it hard to dispose of viable seedlings?

Hi everyone. Had a nice day here in Bristol. Spent a lovely couple of hours pottering this afternoon. Pulled out loads of forget me nots.....and weeds !! Planted 3 ferns and an acer. My poor foxgloves were nearly all horizontal after those high winds, and two snapped off. I am just the same Shrinking violet, I cannot pull out and dispose of self seeders. I have dozens of verbena bonariensis, even growing in cracks in the paving !

Yes Frank I've had nice sunshine as well and the garden is drying out finally, been lovey today but again a chilly wind but out of it it was nice, my poppies have been flattened with the wind so I wont be growing them again, Delphs are holing up though the top of one has snapped off but as long as the sun shines I'm OK with that, had enough rain over the last few days in fact over the last few months.

Teesside sunny and warm today, we do have a mixture of cloud and blue sky, nothing looks too threatening though.My peony's are well budded up and ready to open, this is the second lot, the first have been and gone, the originali come later than the modern ones. Foxgloves up and blooming after I staked them and yellow poppy's where I never put any, blame the birds?Greenhouse open and very warm though I do have some plants shading some of the glass, lawn needing a cut although first I need some food, my grandchildren came last night and cleared everything out, it was worth it for the big hugs I got.

Finally yesterday late afternoon the sun appeared-this morning it has started sunny but rain and the rest is forecast for later and the next few days-according to the 10 day forecast summer returns from Tuesday-or will it?